I have a Japanese water stone that I am using to sharpen a plane iron. It doesn’t create the “slurry” that it used to, (I haven’t used it for almost 2 years, but it was put up clean and dry and I kept it in a cabinet during the time that it wasn’t in use). It appears to be sharpening the iron, but at a very slow pace. I checked the stone for “flat and true”, and it is within a couple of thousandth’s of being dead on. The grit is 800, and it should be very aggressive in the forming of the edge. I have other stones that go up to 8000 grit for the final polishing, but I have to form the edge on the iron first before I even think about using them. Does anyone have any ideas?
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Hi Jim. The only things that I could suggest are that maybe the stone has somehow become glazed. I would re-flatten it on a piece of sandpaper stuck down to something flat. This would remove any glazing if that is the problem. Other than that I would wonder if you are keeping the stone in water? Hope this helps you. Peter
Thanks Peter and I'll give it a try. Will let you know what happens.
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